Word: trained
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...prerequisite of coaching ability in prospective instructors has unfortunately been adopted by many schools and colleges. But that fact will hardly excuse Dartmouth, professedly a cultural institution, for hiding behind the shield of "de-emphasis" in order to attract new students by the promise of a profitable vocational training. Men intending to enter other vocations have felt the same needs, but it is still the universally accepted duty of the truly cultural college not to train a man technically for some specific occupation, but to give him a broad background in the humanities and exercise in the art of adaptive...
...series of wrecks followed, causing public outcry against such risky operation. In 1912 both companies agreed to ease their limiteds' schedule off to 20 hr. where it has remained ever since. Last week both roads were considering plans to restore the 18-hr. speed for their two best trains late next month. Their officers believed that the last 20 years had produced such a large improvement in rail safety devices that the faster schedule could now be maintained without the old hazard. The New York Central main line is now equipped with automatic train control from...
...conditions at home and abroad are increasing in difficulty daily and the responsibility which the imperial troops face in these circumstances is mounting gradually. Under these conditions, upon returning home you must train yourselves sufficiently to be ready to rally to the call immediately when things happen...
...ever had." A golf enthusiast, he once played 136 holes in a day, dined immediately afterward and then lost consciousness. He enjoys a crap game but would rather play chess, always carries a pocket-size chess board when he travels. With only a few minutes to catch a train to New York for a flying trip one day he made his business manager accompany him, without baggage, so he could have a chess opponent on the train...
...Elevated Train...